Easter Week
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Holy Week in Spain commemorates Jesus Christ's Passion and is celebrated through penance processions performed by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities in streets across Spain. It begins on Palm Sunday and includes important days like Good Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. In one Spanish village, the three main brotherhoods are Jesus Nazarene, Angustias, and Dolores, each of which organizes a procession on different days of Holy Week involving their main religious images and music.
Easter Week
- 1. SPANISHHOLY WEEK Holy Week in Spain is the commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
- 2. MOREINFORMATION It starts on Palm Sunday. Other important days are: Good Thursday, Good Friday and Resurrection Mass. This year, the holy week starts on April 13th and finishes on April 19th One of the most popular songs at Easter is The Saeta
- 3. BROTHERHOODS In Spain, there are many brotherhoods, but in my village, there are: Jesus Nazarene brotherhood. The Angustias brotherhood. The Dolores brotherhood.
- 4. Brotherhoods of Jesus Nazarene It will organize a parade showing how the Padre Jes炭s de Nazareno and the Virgen de la Esperanza meet each other. The parade will take place in the main square of my village until the early morning hours.
- 5. Brotherhoods of the Angustias On Good Thursday and Good Friday, fraternities walk around the village with their main images and religious music sounds everywhere.
- 6. Brotherhoods of the Dolores During Holy Thursday, a parade will be held troughout the streets of the village by the ''Virgen de los Dolores'' brotherhood, known as ''Los negros''.
- 7. MOREINFORMATION If you want to watch a film about Easter week in Spain, click here.
- 8. This is our summary to show some details about Easter in Spain. We hope you like it!!
- 9. This presentation has been done by: Almudena Imbern坦n, Daniel L坦pez, Jose Lu鱈s Venteo y Alejandro Garc鱈a.
- 10. This presentation has been done by: Almudena Imbern坦n, Daniel L坦pez, Jose Lu鱈s Venteo y Alejandro Garc鱈a.